Pengzhou Bubble — Li Tao New Works

2020.11.29 – 2021.02.28

Press Release

This work series was inspired from a trip to Sichuan. By the Pengzhou Highway near Chengdu, next to the abandoned railroad tracks and sleepers, there laid a strange object with a peculiar sense of time and weight. Seen from a distance, this 1000-pound pure iron outcast was like a black foam cushion. In further examination, no one could tell its purpose. This bizarre feeling kept haunting me for long after I got back to Beijing, which inspired me to solidify this mixed experience. I’ve attempted various operations to visualize what I saw at that moment. What drove me to take so much effort to restore it? Perhaps the adrift feeling of various attributes brought by the target object corresponds to my psychological projection of life, and finally, through various processing and synthesis, the diversified presentation of “bubble” is completed.

— Li Tao

ARTWORKS

A1: Look

GRG, Iron
29 x 24 x 4 cm
2020

A3: Guys

GRG, paint on iron, color on wood
Variable Sizes
2020

A2: Gloves & Chanel & Washboard

GRG, iron, wood, and ready made objects
125 x 95 x 12 cm
2020

Us 1: White+Black

GRG, iron, wood
55 x 200 x 55 cm
2020

Us 2: B-Base

GRG, iron, wood
Variable Sizes
2020

Us 3: Pengzhou Bubble

GRG, iron, wood
95 x 160 x 100 cm
2020

C4: S-Base

GRG, iron, wood, fiberboard, glass
50 x 50 x 12 cm
2020

C5: H Plus

GRG, iron, wood, fiberboard, glass
50 x 50 x 17 cm
2020

C6: Yoshinoya

GRG, iron
70 x 45 x 8 cm
2020

C7: All by Myself

Acrylic and paint on canvas
200 x 270 cm
2020

C8: Chocolate Factory

GRG, iron, wood
Variable Sizes
2020

They 1: Polystyrene Box 1

GRG, iron, wood, glass
95 x 80 x 16 cm
2020

They 2: Polystyrene Box 2

GRG, iron, wood, glass
84.5 x 127 x 17 cm
2020

They 3: Polystyrene Box 3

GRG, iron, wood, glass
80 x 107 x 12 cm
2020

They 4: Polystyrene Box 4

GRG, iron, wood, glass
74 x 70 x 13 cm
2020

E1: Ice Cream Factory

GRG, iron, wood
Variable Sizes
2020

E2: Paopao

GRG, Iron
60 x 38.5 x 7 cm
2020

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